{"id":34686,"date":"2014-08-12T14:46:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T09:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=34686"},"modified":"2014-08-12T14:46:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T09:16:04","slug":"cji-defends-collegium-says-campaign-defame-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cji-defends-collegium-says-campaign-defame-judiciary","title":{"rendered":"CJI defends collegium, says campaign on to defame judiciary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/cji-defends-collegium-says-campaign-defame-judiciary\/chief-justice-of-india-r-m-lodha\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34687\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34687\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cji-defends-collegium-says-campaign-defame-judiciary\/chief-justice-of-india-r-m-lodha\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Chief-Justice-of-India-R-M-Lodha.jpg?fit=256%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"256,197\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chief Justice of India R M Lodha\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Chief-Justice-of-India-R-M-Lodha.jpg?fit=256%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-34687\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Chief-Justice-of-India-R-M-Lodha-150x115.jpg?resize=249%2C191&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chief Justice of India R M Lodha\" width=\"249\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Chief-Justice-of-India-R-M-Lodha.jpg?resize=150%2C115&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Chief-Justice-of-India-R-M-Lodha.jpg?w=256&amp;ssl=1 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a>Chief Justice of India R M Lodha on Monday strongly defended the collegium system of appointment of judges and said there was a concerted campaign to defame the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>CJI RM Lodha&#8217;s anguished outburst in Supreme Court was triggered by a petition questioning Justice Manjunath&#8217;s reported appointment as chief justice of Punjab and Haryana high court.<\/p>\n<p>The CJI said the report about collegium reiterating its recommendation on justice Manjunath after Centre returned it for reconsideration is totally baseless.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone is out to condemn the collegium system terming it as a failure,&#8221; the CJI said adding, &#8220;don&#8217;t shake the confidence of people in judiciary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The CJI said under the collegium system, he was in the first batch of judges while justice RF Nariman is the last as of now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the collegium has failed, then its products (the judges) too are failures and the judiciary as a whole has failed the country,&#8221; Justice RM Lodha said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an institution the collegium had its limitations in selecting persons. After all judges too come from the same society. But to carry on a campaign just because of allegations against one or two judges is unfair,&#8221; the CJI said.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Justice of India R M Lodha on Monday strongly defended the collegium system of appointment of judges and said there was a concerted campaign to defame the judiciary. 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